Got Milk? Camel Milk that Is! One Beauty Secret of Cleopatra's Might Have Been Camel Milk Baths

I have an addiction to body and face creams. I love them and I feel as though anything that might stave off the traces of time on my skin should not be ignored, but camel's milk baths? Well it certainly was said to work for Cleopatra, supposedly one of the most beautiful Queens of her time. If you don't risk anything than you never gain anything. This article peeked my interest and I started to investigate the benefits of becoming beautiful while using the milk from a hairy, humpbacked, teeth protruding creature known as a camel. Hey, who knows it just might work for me.

Nancy Abeiderrahmane is a British born Spanish educated engineer, who has lived in Novakchott, Mauritania for more than thirty years where she runs a camel dairy known as "Tiriski," which means 'spring' in the local Arabic dialect. Abeiderrahmane founded the dairy in 1989 which became the first camel milk dairy in the Saharan country of Mauritania. The dairy produces a variety of camel, goat and cow milk in a nation where nomadic livestock rearing is a way of life for many. The mostly dry desert climate is perfect for the camel's milk productivity. The British engineer is looking into ways to use the camel milk to create specialized beauty products which might become popular throughout the world. One website that I have discovered lists several varieties of camel soaps listed for $4 a bar, and gift baskets selling for $50. You can check these and other products of interest at www.allcamels.com .

In an article found on the Internet, Abeiderrahmane claims that she drinks a carton of the milk daily. She also claims that the milk is a diuretic and cleanses the body inside and out. Camel milk is full of vitamins and minerals and has lots of Vitamin C she claims. Camel milk does not curdle easily and is therefore not easily made into ice creams and yogurt's. "Tiriski" produces a soft cheese from camel milk called 'Caravane.' Abederrahmane has been unable to sell camel milk products throughout Europe because of stringent health codes. One Vienna based Austrian chocolatier has plans to use the camel milk to produce a low fat chocolate.

The distinct body odor of camel urine and dry camel droppings clutter the sand surrounding the camels where female camels are fed a hash of cereal and peanuts before they are milked. It takes two people to milk a camel with one holding a container on one side of the animal while another squeezes the teats from the other. Fresh camel milk is topped by a thick, white, froth. The taste is much different than the taste of cow's milk. Camel milk is salty and not as fatty. It's chemical composition is much different than those produced by cows.

Many Moorish women still traditionally drink large quantities of camel milk hoping to maintain a clear, pale complexion. In my article on AC about "Force Feeding Women to Make Them Fat in Mauritania," you can also see other uses for camel milk in other parts of the world. According to that article I am on my way to becoming quite beautiful so I might as well invest in some camel cream to smooth out my complexion and keep my udders hair free and sweet smelling.

Sources for this article are as follows: http://archive.gulfnews.com/
articles/07/04/04/10115806
http://www.associatedcontent.com/
article/218657/force_feeding_
makes_women_beautiful
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